By April 8th we had told our family and friends about baby Schmidt, some were scared for us, others talked of miracles and joy and others were simply not sure what to say, especially when they heard our horror story of her beginning...
By now I had also begun to lose a great deal of weight and had put myself on a naturopathic diabetic diet. I was in full swing in the doctor rotation of the Bruce County medical care which other then Dr. Debbie Dyke who is a great doctor, I was not impressed with...
I was in conflict with the diabetic specialist who seemed to only be able to repeat information from the Canadian Diabetic Association which I reject. She even once said in a phone call to me that, "I was endangering my baby with my beliefs". She also told me "she did not believe any studies existed on the use of glyberide/metformin over insulin"-thus began two months of fighting (I am pretty sure I won) since I did not get gestational diabetes during this pregnancy nor preclampsi, both of which she insisted I would get...
The April rain showers came in the from of medical staff that insisted on putting me a "box". What I have come to realize is that they are incapable of thinking out of the boxes they working in--one visit at the endocrinologists ended with him saying to me, that he had returned from a conference where most of the topics had to do with use of metformin over insulin , "but that he liked insulin as it was old fashion and they were comfortable with it" Okay answer for him, but dead wrong and no where good enough an answer for me and this is btw my baby and my life and I happen to be down 40 pounds, so no I will not go on insulin nor even remotely follow your high carb diet, if I ain't spilling ketones then I don't need to eat 45 grams of carbs -way to high!
April also brought Easter and a full work schedule along with telling the church btw I am pregnant after 16 years of marriage and never being able to conceive, surprise! Fortuetly, they rejoiced for us!
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